Science fiction has long been a place for philosophy buffs to play around with deep moral dilemmas and original sociopolitical theses. Valérian and Laureline rejected the ideals of masculinity. Dune and Star Wars explored religious conflicts. As for Star Trek… well, Star Trek did it all. All of these stories captured the hearts of billions. Their tales will be engraved in […]
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Rendezvouz with an Interstellar Visitor: Never to Be Seen Again
It is not often that astronomers get a chance to explore interstellar bodies within close proximity. The farthest we have reached into interstellar space is Voyager 1 which, at the time of writing, is located over 21 billion kilometers away. Its only contender, Voyager 2, is still located within the heliopause. On October 19th, however, a […]
A New Era for Astronomy: LIGO and Virgo Spot a Neutron-Star Merger
Gravitational waves have been a topic of discussion ever since Albert Einstein first introduced them in his theory of general relativity in 1916. Like much of his early work, gravitational waves were only talked about conceptually through mathematical principles and without empirical evidence of their existence. It took 60 years to prove their existence, and […]